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Information :: Information (v. t.) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment..

Nominal :: Nominal (n.) A name; an appellation.

Cognominal :: Cognominal (n.) One bearing the same name; a namesake.

Essence :: Essence (n.) The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence..

Nominal :: Nominal (a.) Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference..

Polynomial :: Polynomial (a.) Containing many names or terms; multinominal; as, the polynomial theorem..

Titular :: Titular (a.) Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular prince..

Realism :: Realism (n.) As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle)..

Titularly :: Titularly (adv.) In a titular manner; nominally; by title only.

Formula :: Formula (n.) A rule or principle expressed in algebraic language; as, the binominal formula..

Maronite :: Maronite (n.) One of a body of nominal Christians, who speak the Arabic language, and reside on Mount Lebanon and in different parts of Syria. They take their name from one Maron of the 6th century..

Cognominal :: Cognominal (a.) Of or pertaining to a cognomen; of the nature of a surname.

Pronominally :: Pronominally (adv.) In a pronominal manner/ with the nature or office of a pronoun; as a pronoun.

Dispensary :: Dispensary (n.) A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp., a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price..

Prenominal :: Prenominal (a.) Serving as a prefix in a compound name.

Trinominal :: Trinominal (n. & a.) Trinomial.

His :: His (pron.) Belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell John his papers are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete..

Mine :: Mine (pron. & a.) Belonging to me; my. Used as a pronominal to me; my. Used as a pronominal adjective in the predicate; as, Vengeance is mine; I will repay. Rom. xii. 19. Also, in the old style, used attributively, instead of my, before a noun beginning with a vowel..

Pronominalize :: Pronominalize (v. t.) To give the effect of a pronoun to; as, to pronominalize the substantives person, people, etc..

Nominalist :: Nominalist (n.) One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only..

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